All Issues articles – Page 66
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IssuesTerra Divina
Our regular resource for incorporating spiritual practices into your work with children, from Ian Adams and Carolyn Edwards
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IssuesLectio Divina
Our regular resource for incorporating spiritual practices into your work with children, from Ian Adams and Carolyn Edwards
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The Last Word: When God seems distant
I was asked to speak on Psalm 139 for a youth worker’s spiritual retreat recently. The thing is - Psalm 139 is such a familiar Psalm, and I didn’t just want to offer clichés. Since it was a spiritual retreat, and the youth workers would be introduced to a variety of spiritual practices, I thought it might be helpful for me to approach the text in the same way
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IssuesEating Disorders
Every youth leader knows teenagers who have developed a complex relationship with food. But knowing how best to tackle it can be challenging.
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Ready-to-use Discussion: A Real Resurrection
Everyone loves a comeback. We love stories where somehow, out of nowhere, the hero manages to reign victorious. It could be a football
team, a battle, a pop star’s career or all six Rocky films – we can’t get enough of them. -
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Ready-to-use Discussion: Syria
We recommend reading ‘Youth work in a war zone’ on p.14 before attempting this discussion starter with your young people
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Ready-to-use Discussion: Kicking Off
A teenage boy, dressed in a green jumpsuit and mask, fights a gang of chain-wielding thugs. The hero puts up a mean defence but is eventually knocked down and soundly beaten before ending up in a hospital bed for six months. Later in the film the same hero enters a criminal’s hideout accompanied by a ten year-old girl and a rocket launcher.
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Ready-to-use Discussion: Nelson Mandela
Let’s face it: it’s pretty difficult to sum up the impact and legacy of Nelson Mandela, let alone ground that in the reality of a young person’s existence! But let’s give it a go – here are a few ideas.
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IssuesReady-to-use Discussion: Fame
‘Everybody wants to be famous, nobody wants to be nameless,’ goes the Dizzee Rascal lyric. It seems this sums up the attitude of so much our culture.
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Ready-to-use Discussion: A New Start
New Year is an opportunity for a fresh start. For some people this means New Year’s resolutions: losing weight, learning to juggle, or perfecting the accordion. But others take it a step further, adopting new hairstyles, names or genders.
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Ready-to-use Discussion: Droning on ...
When Amazon announced in 2013 that they were launching a new delivery system, it caused a bit of a furore. This new method was going
to be different – drone delivery, small unmanned aircrafts delivering your internet-ordered goods in just 30 minutes. Some people loved the idea, some people were nonplussed. -
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Ready-to-use Discussion: Moving On
Can you make an omelette? How about a stirfry? Ever tried to bleed a radiator? What about paying a gas bill? Like it or not, the future is coming. Life moves on far quicker than we expect, and we’ve got to be ready. At some point you’re going to strike out on your own, and the easiest way to move on is if you’re ready and prepared for it.
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IssuesReady-to-use Discussion: Free Speech
The world’s most controversial boxer and an opinion-dividing American politician have both been heavily chastised and ridiculed for their inappropriate comments. Tyson Fury and Donald Trump have prompted questions about the limits of freedom of speech and where to draw lines.
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IssuesReady-to-use Discussion: Privacy
Apple recently raised the issue of data security and digital privacy when they contested a court order by the FBI to access data on a terrorist’s iPhone.
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IssuesReady-To-Use Discussion: The EU Referendum
On June 23rd adults in Britain will vote to either stay in or leave the European Union. For the first time since 1975, voters will have a say on the UK’s membership of Europe’s political club which includes 28 countries.
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IssuesReady-To-Use Discussion: Sabbath
Horray for holidays! What a great opportunity to relax, re-evaluate, have a lot of fun and prepare for next term.
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Lasting discipleship
With the numbers of 18-30s in our churches at an all-time low, what does that tell us about the effectiveness of youth ministry? Jo Derry asks experts and practitioners how we can think beyond the teenage years, and invest in young people now to encourage their long-term spiritual growth.
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IssuesFormational Discipleship
Ivy Beckwith and David M Csinos, co-authors of Children’s Ministry in the Way of Jesus, explain what it means to help a child become formed as a disciple of Jesus.
